Holiday Fun

Checking out one of the exhibits at "A Day in the Life of an Elf" at Macy's in downtown Minneapolis

(L to R) Graham, Luke, Charlie, Aiden, and Jack

Checking out some of Santa's mail

The Whole Gang!  (L to R): Luke, Charlie, Graham, Jack, Andy, Aiden, and Liam

Getting ready for the pupet show to begin. 

Getting ready to go down the hill with Daddy

 

Hmmm...what should I do with this one.  Eat it or put it on the house?

The finished products.  This was one of our snowy day projects.

Liam is hard at work

Luke working on his house

Silly Cowboy Elf eating some of our Halloween candy.  That little chair is hanging on the wall.  We still have to pick places high above the ground so its not too tempting to touch the Elf.

As is typical for this time of year, we have had lots of different activities to keep us busy.  At the end of last week, we visited Macy's in downtown Minneapolis with our best friends Jack, Charlie, and their younger brother Andy (as well as the little boy their mom babysits who is Aiden's age).  That's a lot of boys to take downtown at Christmas!!  Macy's has a holiday display called "Santa's Wonderland" and the theme is "A day in the life of an Elf."  There are all types of life size figures of elves, christmas trees, presents, and other types of things that move around while you walk through the exhibit.  Its a bit like something you would see at Disneyland.  Very festive and entertaining for the boys.  After we walked through, we went to a puppet show that lasted about 30 minutes.  The boys LOVED it and never moved the entire time.  We topped it off with lunch and then headed home to rest.  It was a fun way to celebrate this time of year. 

 

Over the weekend, we were pounded with a huge storm and probably received close to a foot of snow.  We were originally only supposed to get 3-4 inches, but apparently the storm was bigger than anticipated.  The boys loved playing the snow and even expressed concern that we stay out longer in case the snow isn't here tomorrow.  Apparently they don't remember that the snow that comes in December doesn't leave until spring.  

Happy Holidays!